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What Was Life Like In The London Slums?

In the last decade of the nineteenth century London’s population expanded to four million, which spurred a high demand for cheap housing. London slums arose initially as a result of rapid population growth and industrialisation. They became notorious for overcrowding, unsanitary and squalid living conditions. What were the London slums? During Queen Victoria’s reign numerous …

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